Cspan2. Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer discussed rebuilding the economy to help working families. This event is hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center. Welcome to the kickoff of the bipartisan eat policy centers summits. We are coming together to support workers and families with a pragmatic agenda for the new congress. The document is not simply a series of what we think are good policy ideas but also a reflection of the core values and commitment that animate the work of the bpc. We believe in support pragmatic leaders who have the courage to prioritize helping people today over some effort to try to build Political Capital for a theoretical battle in the future. We believe the best policy is forced by constructive collision of ideas among principal people who reflect the diversity in the real differences that exist in our country. We note that durable policy requires compromise as neither Political Parties have the legitimacy or mandate to go
Off your day, an historic launch for nasa and elon musks spacex after months of delay. It is monday, november 16th, and youre watching Worldwide Exchange right here on cnbc well, good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, and welcome from wherever in the world you may be watching. I am brian sullivan. Thank you very much for joining us and speaking of good mornings, a hearty congratulations to new masters champion Dustin Johnson for his recordbreaking performance at augusta, georgia, securing the green jacket, you know, just 20 under par. Wow. Much more on his big win in a moment but first, investors winning in the stock market lately as well and more may come today futures, they are up nicely again. Look at that higher across the board. Dow futures up 300, nearly 1 . Nasdaq futures up about half a percent or 63 points remember, the dow is now just 1. 5 off a record high the s p 500 coming off a record breaking session friday. The nasdaq just 2. 3 from its own record but its really
With norah odonnell, reporting from the nations capitol. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news on a potentially Game Changing vaccine against coronavirus, at the same time infections of the virus in the u. S. Are now growing by the millions. Tonight the Biotech Company moderna says it has developed a vaccine that is nearly 95 effective and capable of preventing severe illness. The company says with emergency approval from the f. D. A. It could start giving the shots to highrisk patients and healthcare workers as soon as next month. Well on wall Street Investors reacted enthusiastically, pushing u. S. Stocks to new highs, even as experts warn the country is plunging deeper into a deadly and dark winter for the pandemic. And as we come on the air the u. S. Has surpassed 11 million cases. Thats a million new infections in just one week. That is two million since the beginning of this month. And hospitals, well, they are reaching a brea
The u. S. Iowas governor is now reversing course issuing a statewide mask mandate. Stricter Public Health orders are also being imposed from philadelphia to california where governor gavin newsom said the state needed to pull the emergency brake on reopening. The action comes as the u. S. Faces 14 Straight Days of new cases surging past 100,000. Yesterday more than 166,000 new infections were reported in the u. S. , the Third Largest in a single day. Ian lee has the latest developments. Ian, why are Health Officials most concerned about next week . Reporter annemarie, we talk about super spreader events where a lot of people congregate in one place and the virus spreads. Doctors are worried about a super spreader holiday. As we know, next week is thanksgiving and its typically one of the busiest travel periods of the year because folks are visiting friends and family, but doctors warn if that happens this year, we could see a further spike of coronavirus cases on top of the current one
Is next on our list with 11 Electoral College votes to joe biden were also looking at new jersey i believe new jersey is our next state with 14 and then one more for the blue column at this stage it is rhode island with 4 so a bunch of blue states there projected for joe biden and a bunch of red states for donald trump 9 in alabama go to donald trump the state of mississippi as well with its 6 is with donald trump as is oklahoma with its 7 we will also look cat 10 a see 11 Electoral College votes will go to donald trump there as well so we can really going to be able to build the board up in a moment as well. We have gone to the district of columbia to bring in and that is to call it the stage actually but again that would be expected blue later on maine is too early to call with its 4 and remember those are not winner take all they would be split between the candidates possibly missouri is another state which is too early to call at this stage with its 10 Electoral College votes as is